Asian Festive Dishes Recipes - Indonesian Layered Sponge Cake (Kuih Lapis Bumbu) Recipe

Ingredients

• 6 oz. (185 g.) butter

• 1/4 lb. (125 g.) fine sugar

• 18 eggs (separated; beat whites till stiff)

• 3 oz. (90 g.) flour and 1 teaspoon baking powder (siffed)

• 1/4 cup milk

• 4 dessertspoons mixed spice

Serves 8

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Method:

1. Beat butter till light. Gradually beat in sugar, till mixture is very light.

2. Add one egg-yolk at a time, beating well after each addition.

3. Alternately fold in the sifted mixture and milk till well blended. Fold in egg-whites.

4. Divide mixture into two equal portions. Add spice to one portion and mix well.

5. Grease the bottom of a round cake tin, leaving the sides clean and dry. Pour in spice mixture to make a 1/4-inch (6-mm.) thick layer.

6. Place in a moderately slow oven (350°F/gas mark 4) and bake till just set and fluffy.

7. Remove tin from oven and pour in enough of the second mixture to make a 1/4-inch (6-mm.) thick layer.

8. Return to moderately slow oven and bake till set. Remove tin again, pour over another layer of the spice mixture and bake in the same oven.

9. Repeat layering process, till used up. Bake cake till cooked through, testing with a clean skewer. Cool and turn out carefully. Serve, cut in thin slices.